Advertising device.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEC ADVERTISING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 26, 1906.

Application led December 12, 1905. Serial No.4 291,405.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADOLPH SUEssxrND, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in thecounty and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedAdvertising Device, of which the Jfollowing is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to an advertising novelty which is adapted forapplication to a napkin, clothes, and the like designed to be used invarious places, especially in restaurants, for advertising purposes ingeneral.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a readily removableplate upon which advertisements may be placed and to mount it in aremovable manner upon a support adapted to be applied and secured toclothing or to be connected with other articles of ordinary use.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, formin a part ofthis specification, in which simi ar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a view showing the manner in which my invention is intendedto be used. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one form of my invention. Fig.3 is a central longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 4 is a rearview of the same with the rear portion removed on the line 4 4 in Fig.8. Fig. 5 is a plan of one element of the device. Fig. 6 is aperspective view of a holder constituting an element of the inventionwith a plate of slightly-modified form in place thereon, and Fig. 7 is aperspective view of an advertising plate adapted to be supported by theholder.

My invention comprises a support, preferably in lthe form of aspring-clip a, having jaws a and a spring a2, whereby it can be securedto the clothing, to a napkin, or to other articles of a similar nature.On the back of the support I mount a pin a3, preferably secured to thesupport in a xed position with respect thereto, so as to provide anadditional means for mounting the support in a convenient position. Atthe rear of the front side of the support is a socket a, preferablyextending from the top, at which it is open, toward the bottom of thesupport. This socket is designed for supporting a holder b, this holderbeing provided with a tongue t', projecting downward from the rear ofits up er surface and designed to enter the soc et above described. Itwill be seen that the holder is removably held by the support hangingdependently therefrom and connected therewith at its upper end.Consequently it is in no danger of being displaced.

in ordinary uses, but can readily be removed when desired. The holder isformed in any desired shape-as, for example, in the shape of a shield,as shown, and around its edges, except at the top edge, it is providedwith an inwardly-extending iange b2, separated from the front of theholder by a peripheral groove b3, extending under the flange.

For the purpose of mounting advertisements in the holder I provideplates c of the same general shape as the holder and adapted to enterthe groove b3 therein and to be supported on the front surface of theholder in an obvious manner. This plate is designed to bear advertisingor ornamental designs or letterin upon its front surface and ispreferably ormed of sheet metal, celluloid, or similar material. Ifdesired, the front surface of the holder itself may be provided with apart of the advertisement, and the advertising-plate can then have aperforation c or transparent portion to permit that part of theadvertisement to be seen, as shown in Fig. 6. The advertising-plate canbe, as will be readily understood, removed and replaced by another platebearing another advertisement, thus affording a variety ofadvertisements at a com aratively small cost.-

I-Iaving thus descri ed my invention, I claim- 1. In an advertisingdevice the combination of a support having means for removably mountingit, and having a socket with a holder having a tongue for engaging saidsocket, and an advertising-plate removably supported on the holder.

2. In an advertising device the combination of a support having a socketat the upper end thereof, a holder having a tongue extending downwardlyfrom the upper portion of the rear side and entering said socket andhaving flanges, and an advertisingplate of the same general shape as theholder nldremovably held by said flanges on the o er.

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In testimony whereof I have signed my

